MFP March Blog Hop Day 1

Welcome to the MFP March Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


Our New Sets are: Just Dandy, African Veldt, Grandma's Boudoir, and Fish You Were Here.For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

We have a NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGER!

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

All Blog Hop participants will have the chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! That’s right! ONE lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include April 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the April 2011 Blog Hop!


What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, March 12, 2011.

TUESDAY March 8, 2011- Just Dandy

Lois
Vicky
Dawn L.
Anne
Peggysue
Connie
Emily
Karen
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Geri
Lynn
Emily N.
Neva
Silvia <---you are here Patricia

Chrissy

Guest Designer Ted

Here is my sample!

Supplies:

Stamps: Just dandy

Ink: Stazon black

Paper: White by MFP, all card stock my Marks Finest Papers, DP by DCWV

Accessories: water color pencils, blender pens, half pearls, scallop border punch, dimentional

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

καρναβάλι...

Or carnival as you might know it! Today we had our καρναβάλι (carnival) parade in one of the bigger villages near us called Kounoupidiana and it was a sight to see! It was a whole lot of fun with music, costumes and tons and tons of confetti! Here are some pics to give you a little taste of what we experienced today!

And this was one of my kids favorites...the giant babies! They were harry babies too!

By far the BEST float, I don't know what it was for, but pretty cool!

Bella loves her some confetti!

And who is going to clean up this mess!!!!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed a bit of my day!

Come back soon, tomorrow is Kite day! As long as it's not raining karekles (chairs!)

Sun protecting bracelet?!

Sun exposure is a huge concern now a days...too much and you get sun burned and or skin cancer...too little and you don't get enough vitamin D to help absorb calcium. So the trick is to get just enough and with the right amount of sun protection! For my babies we slather them up with SPF 50, especially our fair skinned freckled baby!

So while living here on the Island of Crete we have come across many customes and traditions, but recently I was introduced to a new one (my good friend Anna Blogged about it HERE) Anna stated that in the old Greek customs od "March" you are to make and wear a MARTI (Μάρτη - simple handcraft made of two colors of thread: white and red) You are to wear it from the biginning to the end of March and it is supposed to protect you from the first rays of spring!

The simple string bracelet is supposed to be made of red and white, but my fashion concious 3 year old princess opted for purple and white (purple is all the rage right now you now!)

Check out Anna's Blog Crete of my Life for more fun on the ways of life on this quirky island!

Thanks for stopping by and happy stampin' or jewelry makin'!

Silvia

Outdoor Kitty!

I love these cat eyes...I also like the illusion it gives when you stamp them next to each other!

Anywho, this card was made for todays CAS 108 Challenge, The Great Outdoors

I have always seen big cats outdoors, so that is what I went with!

This stamp os from a set called Big Cats by Marks Finest Papers. It's an incredible set!

Papers accessories and ink are pretty self explanitory!

Thanks for looking!

Silvia

Double Time Challenge Fun

Hello peeps,

I have finally gotten a sec to make a card...these past few days have been crazy with the hubby at work...day 3 and counting in a row, oh the joys of being a firemans wife! Anywho, I digress! I was able to play along in some challenges over at SCS. I did todays Featured Stamper Challenge and yesterdays Free for All challenge.

Today's Featured stamper is Stampgroove Check out her gallery here!

And this is my card! I love this tiger! He is too stinkin cute!

I was inspired by Stampgrooves card seen here. I love the bright fun colors and the simplicity. I think the tiger looks well with these bold bright colors, on the inside the sentiment readds "Wild Thing"

Supplies:

Stamps: Big Cats By Marks Finest Papers

Ink: Stazon Black

Paper: white CS, only orange, tempting turquoise and Basic Grey DP

Accessories: watercolor pencils and blender pens

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

Need some new jewels?

As some of you may already know, I have recelently developed a love of jewelry making and have opened up a shop on Etsy.com which I have named Mabie Jewels. So head on over and take a look at my work! If you find something you like, place an order, if not, you can always send me a message and I can make something to fit your needs!

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin' to you all!

XOXOXOXO,

Silvia

Pretty earrings for Julia

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Hello there,

A friend of mine just had a birthday, so I thought I would make her a pair of pretty earrings, I needed a simple pretty way to package them, so there it is! I hope you like it!

Supplies:

Stamps: Big Cats by Marks Finest Papers for the sentiment

Ink: Certainly celery

Paper: certainly cerlery, lovely lilac, white from MFP

Accessories: sticky half back pearls

This little project is for the sketch challenge on SCS this week, as well as the ways to use it and the fFriday Free for all...yay for challenges!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia